Hope is NOT a Plan

Hope is NOT a Plan


Latest Episodes

How to Take More Ownership at Work | Episode 24
July 28, 2024

The Top 5 Reasons Taking Ownership at Work is Hard explores why owning our situation at work is the crucial first step towards improving ourselves, our teams, and our organizations.

How to Complete a Project YOU Self-Check | Five-Minute Friday 19
July 26, 2024

I’m checking in and we’re going to recap how you can lead the most important project to ever exist: Project YOU!

How to Plan for Project YOU! | Episode 23
July 22, 2024

I walk the listener through standard project phases with a twist - The project is YOU!

How Rudyard Kipling's "If" Applies to 2024 America | Five-Minute Friday 18
July 19, 2024

I'm re-sharing my custom version of Rudyard Kipling's "If" with focus on 2024 America.

How to Make Our Nation's Biggest Events Safer | Episode 22
July 14, 2024

In this episode, How to Make Our Nation's Biggest Events Safer, I'm sharing insight on how Federal, State, and Local agencies can and should be working together.

How to Shepherd Your Lost Team Members | Five-Minute Friday 17
July 12, 2024

oday's episode, The Parable of the Lost Team Member, is inspired by the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15 in the Bible.

How Project Managers Can Wield a Shepherd’s Crook | Episode 21
July 10, 2024

I’m sharing how Project Managers can redirect the lost flock, or stakeholders, which can become lost during projects.

How to be imperturbable like Ulysses S. Grant | Five-Minute Friday 16
July 05, 2024

In Three Keys to Imperturbability, Kevin Pannell shares three focus areas you can practice bringing more steadiness to your stressful times.

How The Battle of Gettysburg is a Leadership Masterclass | From the Archives
July 03, 2024

In Leadership Lessons from the Battle of Gettysburg, I share what I learned by touring the battlefield in 2019 as part of a Staff Ride leadership development course.

How my Dad Faced Death with a Courageous Heart | Five-Minute Friday 15
June 28, 2024

In Facing the End with Courage: My Dad's Example, I share how my father showed true courage in the face of death.